Toy torpedo-exploder.



No. 775,974. PATENTBD NOV. 29, 1904.

7 s. T. HUTOHINSON.

TOY TORPEDO EXPLODER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1903.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 29, 1904:.

SEARCY T. HUTOHINSON, OF SAN ANTONIO, .l.lilXAS.

TOY TORPEDO-EXPLODEH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,974, dated November29, 1904.

Application filed September 2, 1903- Serial No. 171,650. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that l, SEARoY T. H UTC i-nNsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Toy 'lorpedo-Exploder, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to toy torpedo-exploders, and has for its objectsto produce a device of this character of simple construction which willbe eflicient in operation and one in which the torpedo will bepositively exploded through the relative movement of the body and hammerand this wholly through the momentum or gravity of the body when thedevice is thrown from the operator, thus entirely dispensing with theemployment of springs or analogous operating mechanism, with aconsequent reduction in the cost of manufacture and liability of theparts becoming disarranged or defective in use.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel details of constructionand combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved device. Fig. 2 is a section centrally through the same. Fig. 3is a similar View showing the parts in firing position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of the device composedoi. any suitable material, but preferably of metal, and in the form of aball or sphere. This body has formed therethrough a main central opening2 and a secondary lateral opening 3, disposed at right angles to theopening 2 and co1nmunicating therewith, the main opening being enlargedadjacent to its normally lower end, thus 'prodi'lcing an upper seat oranvil 4:, which is accessible through the opening 3 and is designed toreceive and sustain the caps or torpedoes which are to be exploded.

5 is a hammer or member which preferably extends through and is slidably disposed within the opening 2 and is provided adjacent to its normallylower end with a laterally-extended portion or striker 6, which duringthe operation of the device, as hereinafter explained, retreats into theenlarged portion of opening 2 and acts upon the anvil L for em downwardthrough the body 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2, in which position itwill be maintained by the cord 7 at its point of attachment with themember, entering the mouth of the opening 2 and frictiol'ially bindingthe hammer member therein. A cap is then insorted through the opening 3and placed in position upon the anvil 4t. The operator,

having previously engaged the handpiece 8,

throws the ball or exploder from him, and. when the device reaches thelimit of its movement, determined by the length of the cord, the hammerwill be moved forcibly through the body, owing to the momentum orgravity of the latter carrying it onward and brought into contact withthe cap upon the anvil 4t, thus exploding the same.

From the foregoing it will be seen that l producea device of simpleconstruction which will be ellicient in operation and in which a springor other mechanism liable of incoming disarranged or defective inpractice i s entirely dispensed with, while at the same time the cost ofthe device is reduced to a minimum. In at taining these ends it is to beunderstood that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein setiorth,inasmuch as minor mechanical changes may be made therein withoutdowrting from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim is-- In a device ol theclass described, the combination with a body adapted to be impelledthrough the ai r and having a main opening pro vided with an enlargedportion, of an anvil, Formed within the body adjacent to the normallyupper end of the enlarged portion of the opening, said body also havinga secondary lateral opening communicating with the main opening adjacentto the anvil, a member or hammer disposed for reciprocation within themain opening, said member being extended at its upper end beyond thebody and having a lateral extension or striker lying Within the enlargedportion of the opening beneath and adapted to act upon the anvil,afiexible operating element connected with the upper extended end of themember, said body being adapted, when the motion of the device throughthe air is checked, to travel forward upon the member and, to therebybring the striker into forcible contact with the anvil for exploding atorpedo, and means for temporarily locking the body and memberrelatively to maintain the striker remote from the anvil until themotion of the device is checked.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own 1 have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

SEARGY T. HUTGHINSON.

itnesses:

J. W. VANHAM, A. R. MAURER.

